Thank you for your nice words. I’m afraid, though, that I don’t deserve the compliments. My mother and my relationship has been strained for years, and her lack of touch with reality has only made it worse. She was likely a nice person before she spent years with my father, but she hasn’t been that person for 30+ years. Only one of her sisters, one of the most patient people on the planet, still keeps in touch with her.
FourPeas, my mother was loony and after a while, I broke it off. Do it to save yourself if you have to, you’ll be a lot less stressed. She died some time after and I can easiily tell you that you might feel guilty that your mother (as mine did) had it so bad that she went crazy, but you cant let that ruin your own life and self destruct like they did. Your mother was abused to the point of insanity, but she is at this point so out of touch that she would only be a burden to the life you’re trying to live.